Dean Collins

The Character of Dean Moriarty in On the Road   Part two of Jack Kerouac's novel, On the Road, gives the reader, for the first time, a close look at the character Dean Moriarty. This section of the novel begins when Dean, his ex-wife Marylou, and his friend Ed, meet up with his closer friend, Sal, at Sal's brother's house in Virginia. Sal had not seen Dean for over a year when they suddenly show up on the doorstep. Sal sums up their tale by saying, "So now Dean had come about four thousand miles

Impact of Dean on Sal's Identity in On the Road     In part I, chapter 3 of Jack Kerouac's On the Road, Sal arrives at Des Moines and checks into a cheap, dirty motel room. He sleeps all day and awakens in time to witness the setting sun. As he looks around the unfamiliar room, Sal realizes that he doesn't understand his own identity. Identity lost, he states "I was half way across America, at the dividing line between the East of my youth and the West of my future." He has lost the calming

Brontë also compares the characters indirectly, as she did the houses. Two very prominent characters she displays in this way include Lockwood and Isabella. They are both fundamental narrators in the work. Lockwood does so directly through his retelling of Nelly’s recounting of the story, and Isabella does so through her letter to Nelly explaining her relationship and life with Heathcliff soon after they were married. Although Isabella only briefly seen as a narrator, she and Lockwood have various

“Hey I think I found a case for us!” I hear from the other room. It 's Chad telling me to basically pack up because we are going multiple states over. “What are the details dude?” I ask. Every once in awhile Chad thinks he found a case but it ends up being some twisted person who likes to murder people in strange ways. It’s probably also my fault when that happens because I would miss the clues. “Well a man was found with his heart missing. Sound like a werewolf to you?” “Yup.” I say while packing

On the other hand, Sal himself discovered that he needs the change in his life and become a road lover to discover. But, for Usbek going to Europe was a journey but did not transform his life in any way. As you can see, travel writing has allowed the characters in various novels to find their true self as a result of their journey which for a few was full of struggles and where for others was an enjoyable experience. Through various travel literatures we as readers detect how sexual discrimination

Hello, you are obviously stupid and desperate for friends, please try going to a dog park with a T bone chop tied around your neck and sit in the middle of the park, eventually some one will come along with a dog and if you have chose wisely and it is a dogs of leads park a dog will come up to you, at this point you have two choices, you can pat the dog and he will be your friend and if you get real lucky his human may talk to you thus giving you the chance to impress said human and maybe get a friend

In his novel, East of Eden, John Steinbeck presents Cathy Ames with human motivations, despite her character representing pure evil, to emphasize humanity’s potential of evil. When Cathy is first introduced, the narrator calls her a monster, but in chapter seventeen, the narrator begins to doubt his claim, pitying her “waiting for her pregnancy to be over, living on a farm she did not like, with a man she did not love” (138). By including a statement discussing her unhappiness gives Cathy a human

In John Steinbeck’s East of Eden, Cathy Ames is manipulative, deceptive, and psychopathic. She is manipulative because she can drive into the thoughts and feelings of other people and make them conform to her way. She uses her deceptiveness to delude people to make them choose the wrong decision or the decision that causes harm to them and benefits her, through scheming and appearance. Her psychopathic tendencies make her actions and decisions violent, warped, and conscienceless. Cathy utilizes

The novel East of Eden by John Steinbeck conveys multiple messages and themes. However, it is widely perceived as a cautionary tale, warning the reader of manipulation, and the true struggles of life. The reader is warned about manipulation mainly through the personality of Cathy as she feeds off of control and dominance. For example, the section in which Cathy is in some sort of relationship with Mr. Edwards, shows that she uses a human’s blindness by love against them. She began storing his money

Timshel is the idea that one has a choice for the path of good or evil. In the song, “Timshel”, Mumford and Son’s creates allusions between their song and the novel, East of Eden. In “Timshel”, there is a lyric that says, “And you have your choices and these are what make man great”, which implies that in one’s life, they have the opportunity to pick their own path(14-15). This is related to Cal, in East of Eden, when Lee preaches to him about him being able to turn his life around. Timshel is also